Durham
pronunciation
How to pronounce Durham in British English:
UK [ˈdʌrəm]
How to pronounce Durham in American English:
US [ˈdɚrəm]
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- Noun:
- a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke University
- English breed of short-horned cattle
Word Origin
- Durham
- c. 1000, Dunholm "city on a hill," a merger of Old English dun "hill" (see down (n.2)) and Scandinavian holmr (see holm). The change from -n- to -r- is a result of Norman confusion (see Shrewsbury). As a breed of cattle, by 1810.